Mittelems (electoral district)
31 Mittelems | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Mittelems in 2025 | |
State | Lower Saxony |
Population | 313,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 233,253 (2021) |
Major settlements | Lingen Nordhorn Meppen |
Area | 2,353.4 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1980 |
Party | CDU |
Member | Albert Stegemann |
Elected | 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Mittelems is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 31. It is located in western Lower Saxony, comprising the Grafschaft Bentheim district and the southern part of the Emsland district.[1]
Mittelems was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Albert Stegemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
[edit]Mittelems is located in western Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Grafschaft Bentheim district and the southern part of the Emsland district, specifically the municipalities of Emsbüren, Geeste, Haselünne, Lingen, Meppen, and Salzbergen, as well as the Samtgemeinden of Freren, Herzlake, Lengerich, and Spelle.[1]
History
[edit]Mittelems was created in 1980 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Emsland and Lingen. Until the 2002 election, it was constituency number 26. From then until 2013, it was constituency 32. Since 2013, it has been constituency 31. Its borders have not changed since its creation.
Members
[edit]The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. Its first representative was Burkhard Ritz, who served a single term. He was succeeded by Hans-Gerd Strube, who served until 1994, followed by Hermann Kues. In 2013, Albert Stegemann was elected representative. He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1980 | Burkhard Ritz | CDU | 54.4 | |
1983 | Hans-Gerd Strube | CDU | 60.0 | |
1987 | 54.8 | |||
1990 | 57.2 | |||
1994 | Hermann Kues | CDU | 57.0 | |
1998 | 53.3 | |||
2002 | 53.3 | |||
2005 | 55.6 | |||
2009 | 54.6 | |||
2013 | Albert Stegemann | CDU | 59.0 | |
2017 | 53.6 | |||
2021 | 40.5 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Mittelems[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
72,523 | 40.5 | ![]() |
60,733 | 33.8 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Daniela De Ridder[a] | 52,309 | 29.2 | ![]() |
55,461 | 30.9 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Everhard Hüseman | 22,562 | 12.6 | ![]() |
22,515 | 12.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jens Beeck | 17,466 | 9.7 | ![]() |
21,101 | 11.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Danny Meiners | 8,993 | 5.0 | ![]() |
9,235 | 5.1 | ![]() | ||
Left | Helmuth Hoffmann | 3,996 | 2.2 | ![]() |
3,969 | 2.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,592 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,521 | 0.8 | ![]() | ||||||
dieBasis | Mario Kehl | 1,364 | 0.8 | 1,070 | 0.6 | ||||
FW | 723 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 423 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 291 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volt | 243 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 132 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 107 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 97 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 90 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 74 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
LKR | 23 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 22 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 17 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,330 | 1,104 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 179,213 | 179,439 | |||||||
Turnout | 180,543 | 77.4 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 20,214 | 11.3 | ![]() |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Mittelems[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
95,815 | 53.6 | ![]() |
88,310 | 49.4 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Daniela De Ridder | 47,107 | 26.4 | ![]() |
41,983 | 23.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Jens Beeck | 10,089 | 5.6 | ![]() |
16,181 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Danny Meiners | 8,949 | 5.0 | ![]() |
9,701 | 5.4 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Reinhard Prüllage | 8,900 | 5.0 | ![]() |
10,803 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Left | Roberto Linguari | 6,813 | 3.8 | ![]() |
8,167 | 4.6 | ![]() | ||
PARTEI | Harald Nützel | 951 | 0.5 | 984 | 0.6 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 939 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 385 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 285 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 271 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 238 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 146 | 0.1 | |||||||
BGE | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 134 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 127 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
DKP | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,187 | 959 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 178,624 | 178,852 | |||||||
Turnout | 179,811 | 78.1 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 48,708 | 27.2 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Mittelems[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Albert Stegemann | 99,705 | 59.0 | ![]() |
94,923 | 56.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Daniela De Ridder | 48,903 | 29.0 | ![]() |
44,069 | 26.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Birgit Kemmer | 8,393 | 5.0 | ![]() |
9,160 | 5.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Heinz Georg von Wensiersky | 4,543 | 2.7 | ![]() |
5,107 | 3.0 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Martina Härting | 3,777 | 2.2 | 4,331 | 2.6 | ||||
FDP | Manuel Nehmer | 2,673 | 1.6 | ![]() |
7,032 | 4.2 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,456 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | Tobias Richter | 879 | 0.5 | ![]() |
790 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 767 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
FW | 285 | 0.2 | |||||||
PRO | 136 | 0.1 | |||||||
PBC | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
REP | 48 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 20 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,571 | 1,206 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 168,873 | 169,238 | |||||||
Turnout | 170,444 | 74.7 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 50,802 | 30.0 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Mittelems[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() |
91,378 | 54.6 | ![]() |
79,052 | 47.2 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Dieter Steinecke | 43,503 | 26.0 | ![]() |
39,085 | 23.3 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Norbert Brüggemann | 13,278 | 7.9 | ![]() |
23,749 | 14.2 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Michael Fuest | 9,819 | 5.9 | ![]() |
11,357 | 6.8 | ![]() | ||
Left | Jörg-Friedrich Küster | 8,195 | 4.9 | ![]() |
9,169 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,347 | 1.4 | |||||||
NPD | Malte Holzer | 1,130 | 0.7 | ![]() |
1,014 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 853 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 642 | 0.4 | |||||||
ÖDP | 158 | 0.1 | |||||||
DVU | 78 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 24 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,775 | 1,550 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 167,303 | 167,528 | |||||||
Turnout | 169,078 | 74.5 | ![]() |
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CDU hold | Majority | 47,875 | 28.6 | ![]() |
Notes
[edit]- ^ De Ridder entered the Bundestag on the SPD list after the resignation of Yasmin Fahimi in May 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Mittelems". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Mittelems". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Mittelems
- ^ Results for Mittelems
- ^ Results for Mittelems
- ^ Results for Mittelems